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Tokyo, Feb 7 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar people living in Japan on Sunday joined a protest against the military coup outside Myanmar's Embassy in the Japanese capital.More than 5,000 people participated in the protest, a Myanmar residents group leader said. Myanmar's military seized power and declared a state of emergency for one year after arresting State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar president Win Myint in an early morning raid on Feb. 1, following increasing tension over the result of last November's parliamentary elections. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).SHOT LIST: MYANMAR PEOPLE LIVING IN JAPAN SHOUTED SLOGANS DURING A PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY COUP IN MYANMAR, OUTSIDE MYANMAR'S EMBASSY IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Bangkok (Thailand), Feb 6 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Rungroj Yongrit).- The Myanmar food restaurant Mandalay Food House, located in Bangkok, asks its diners to donate money to support the Myanmar community in Thailand that organizes political activities and protests against the military coup on February 1.FOOTAGE OF THE RESTAURANT AND DINERS.
Tokyo, Feb 3 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar demonstrators holding portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi gathered outside Japan's ministry of foreign affairs on Wednesday to protest against the military coup and the detention of the country’s de facto leader and politicians from National League for Democracy party.The protesters also called on Japan and the international body to further condemn the military’s actions. The army staged a bloodless coup Monday alleging that there was massive fraud in the elections, the second held since the transition to democracy in the country after almost half a century of fierce military dictatorship.Shortly before the putsch, Nobel laureate and de facto leader of the previous administration, Aung San Suu Kyi, various members of the government, regional presidents, politicians from Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, activists and artists were detained by the military and are still under arrest, although charges against them are unknown. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON). SHOT LIST: MYANMAR CITIZENS RESIDING IN JAPAN STAGE A RALLY AGAINST MYANMAR'S MILITARY, OUTSIDE THE FOREIGN MINISTRY IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
More than 1,000 people line up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people seek to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service. IMAGES
Streets in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon are quieter than usual, with a heavy military presence in parts of the city where soldiers stand guard at checkpoints and patrol in trucks, as the nation marks the third anniversary of a 2021 coup d'etat. Opponents of the military have called for people to stay indoors in a "silent strike" against the coup. IMAGES